Java application profiling

Question

I am looking for a Java code profiler which I can use to profile my application (its a service which runs in backend) on production (so means low over head, and it must not

Answer 1

Intel Amplifier XE http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-vtune-amplifier-xe has got low overhead if any noticeable. It uses stack sampling technology to minimize the impact and it can attach and detach to running non-stop processes in production. You even do not need to have sources during profiling, you can dive into sources later after offline performance results browsing.